ho·mop·ter·an 
(h
ō-m
ŏp
t
ər-
ən)
n. Any of numerous plant-feeding insects belonging to the former order Homoptera, such as the cicadas, aphids, and scale insects, usually having membranous forewings and including all hemipterans not in the order Heteroptera.
[From New Latin Homoptera, order name : Greek homo-, homo- + Greek pteron, wing; see -PTER.]
ho·mop′ter·an, ho·mop′ter·ous (-tə-rəs) adj.